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May 20, 2023 · Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent (Pew Research Center, 2017). In the United States, where Orthodoxy is comprised of diasporic, immigrant, and convert populations ...
The Orthodox Christian Church was born on Pentecost in AD 33 with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles (see Acts 2:2-4). Through the missionary labors and martyric witness of countless men and women, and through the unbroken handing-down of the pure apostolic faith, it spread to every corner of the world: first the Near East, then Europe, Africa, and Asia. Orthodoxy was planted ...
Sep 1, 2014 · Learning about Orthodox Christianity, reading the Bible, the lives of saints, the writings of the past, going to Sunday school, attending a lecture, reading Orthodox literature also shape an Orthodox identity. There is no “one-and-done” activity that can create an Orthodox identity.
With roughly 250 million members worldwide, Orthodoxy is second in size only to the Roman Catholic Church. However, in spite of its size, relatively few Americans are aware that it exists. The Orthodox Church has deep and lasting roots in Christian antiquity and is steeped in rich Biblical tradition.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox ...
Love is both the central experience and the goal of Orthodox Christianity. God is Love (1 Jn 4:8)—a Holy Trinity of loving communion—and we, as beings created in the image and likeness of God (Gen 1:26), exist in and for love. Yet love is like happiness—every human being wants it, but so few seem to find it.
May 19, 2022 · 19 May 2022. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity investigates the various ways in which Orthodox Christian, i.e., Eastern and Oriental communities have received, shaped, and interpreted the Christian Bible.
